The Sibipiruna¹ (Soft x-ray bio-Imaging Beamline with Partially coherent Illumination for Resolving cellular Ultra-structure in Nanometers) beamline will be dedicated to soft X-ray tomography for ex vivo imaging with nanometric resolution, enabling mesoscale investigations of cellular organelles at various stages of the cell life cycle, especially following infection by biosafety level 3 and 4 pathogens.

¹The Sibipiruna beamline is part of the second phase of the Sirius project, which was included in the Growth Acceleration Program (Novo PAC) and will be funded by resources from the FNDCT/MCTI. The plan announced by the Federal Government foresees investments of R$ 800 million over the next four years for the second phase of the Sirius project. This includes the design and construction of ten new research stations, including technical and building infrastructure, in addition to the continuous optimization of electron accelerators. Learn more.